Combined truck and elevator for handling beef quarters and the like



July 28, 1925. G. A. LY-NDALE COMBINED TRUCK AND ELEVATOR FOR HANDLING-BEEF" QUARTERS AND THE LIKE Filed Jan. 9. 1924' 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 July 28, 1925.

G. A. LYNDALE COMBINED TRUCK AND ELEVATOR FOR HANDLING BEEF QUARTERS AND THE LIKE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Jan. 9. 1924 Patented duly 28, 1925.

5 UNITED STATES. P, AT NTfoFFicE.

GEORGE A. LYNDALE, OF MINNEAPOLIS,'MINNESOTA.

COMBINED TRUCK AND ELEVATOR- FOR HANDLING BEEF QUAItT ERS AND THE LIKE; I

Application' filed January 9, 1 924. swarm. 685 139.

To all whom it mag/concern.

Be it known that I, GEORGE A.

LYND'A E,

acitizen of. the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepinand 5 State of Minnesota, have invented 'certain new and useful Improvements in Combined.

Trucks and Elevators for Handling .Bee'f Quarters and the like; and I do hereby de clare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use. the

same.

consists of the novel devices and handling combin ations of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claims. As is well known, beef quarters a re usually a stored close together and held suspended from.an overhead track rail by travelling grapple-equipped hange means of rs mounted thereon. In removing a beef quarter from its-hanger it is necessary to lift the same to disengage the grapple therefrom, ten results .in lifting the hanger which offrom the track rail, thus causing the same to fall which usually results in striking the operator unless the hanger is held by one h and while handling the beef quarter with the other. This is difficult to do as the beef quarters are very heavy to handle. Two

men 7 are often required to handle a b'eef quarter, the one to holdthe hanger and disengage the grapple, and the other to lift quarter.

the beef By the use of my invention, a hangerwith a suspended beef quarter may be li an": overhead track rail conveyed t .40

fted from o any desired point and placed on another track rail, or the beef quarter lowered and the grapple detached therefrom with very little effort on the part of the operator.- V I In the accompanying drawmgs,

which illustrate theinvention', like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring 'to the drawings.

Fig. l is a perspective view of the invenfrom; v

. Fig. 3'is a perspective view 0 water headand cross head;

-' tion having a beef quarter suspended therethe upper f the ele- 6 indicates an overheadtr ack. rail on which is mounted a travelhnghanger:

comprisinga grooved wheel 7 journaledin theiyoke-like upper end of anupright frame bar 8, therlower end offwhich is laterally offset to afforda foot 9 that extends under the track rail 6. Adepending hook-like grapple lO is attached to the foot 9 by an eye bolthll for'holding. abeef quarter w, as indicated by broken lines in Fig. 1 The above described hanger and grapple are standard equipment, used in storage and re frigerator plants and the like, for hanging and conveying beef quartersand other meats.

The improved truck comprises. a ,skeleton frame 12 supported on four large caster Wheels 13. ,7

Carried by the truck is a pair of laterally spaced longitudinally. adjustable uprights 14 on which is mounted anelevator inv the rigidly secured to the truck frame 12 and suitably braced. I

The uprights .14, above the upper pairof guides 17 are rigidly connectedby a pair of crosstie-bars 20 to whichis secured-a mast; 21 having on its upper end a bracket-22.

that carries a pulley 23. Edgewise offset from the mast 21 is a depending bar 24'rig:

idly secured to the crosshead 15 andha-vingl onitslower end a bracket 25,to which is:

secured a pulley.26. A hoisting cable27 is arranged-to'run over the pulleys 23 and 26 and a guide sheave 28 on the lower cross tiebar 20. One end of the cable 27 is attached to aneye 29,011 the bracket 25 and its other end is secured to and arranged to be wound on a drum 30 journaled in bearing 31 se cured to one of the uprights' l i. The shaft f t eldrum; 30,1'outward of the: bearingB -l,

is provided with a hand crank 32 by which said drum may be rotated.

A bifurcated coupling bracket 33 is rigidly secured to the crosshead and projects on the opposite side thereof from the bracket 25. ()n the outer ends of the coupling bracket 33 is a pair of upstanding stop lugs 34. The bifurcated coupling bracket 33 is adapted to receive the eye bolt 11 and support the hanger when lowered thereon. The foot 9 of the hanger is adapted to rest directly on the coupling bracket 33, and the frame bar 8, stop lugs 34 and eye bolt 11 hold the foot 9 against sliding movement on said bracket in all directions.

A pair of V-shaped divider fingers 35 is rigidly secured to the uprights 14 and proj'ects horizontally in the same direction as the coupling bracket 33. Attached to the opposite upright 14 from the one on which the drum 30 is mounted is a hand-hold 36 by which the truck may be moved.

The operation of the combined truck and elevator may be briefiy described as follows:

The truck, due to its large caster wheels 13, may be easily wheeled from place to place, and when a beef quarter is to be removed, the truck is wheeled toward the same so that the divider fingers 35 will enter between the selected beef quarter and the beef quarters on each side thereof, and separate the same from the selected beef quarter and permit the same to enter between the two uprights 14:, and also permit said uprights to enter between the beef quarters, as shown in Fig. 1. At this same time, the eye bolt 11, from which the grapple 10 is suspended, will enter between the prongs of the coupling bracket 33 and positi-o-n the foot 9 of the hanger frame bar 8 over said coupling bracket.

By operating the hand crank 32, the cable 27' may be wound on the drum 30 to elevate the crosshead 1'5 and thereby cause. the coupllng bracket 33 to engage the foot 9 of the hanger frame bar 8 and lift the grooved wheel- 7 from the track rail 6. Them-by taking hold of the hand crank 32- and handhold' 36 the truck, together with the hanger and beef quarter, may be moved to any desired position and the hanger lowered onto another overhead track rail, or the beef quarter removed from the grapple. By making the upright 14 longitudinally adjustable, the crosshead 15 may be set for track rails located at different elevations.

hat I claim is:

1. A combined truck and elevator for handling beef quarters and the like comprising a track rail, a roller-equipped hanger removably mounted on the track rail, a traveling truck, an elevator on the truck having means for releasably carrying the roller-equipped hanger, and reversible means for operating the elevator to cause hanger, and means for operating the elevator to cause its head to deposit said hanger on a track rail or lift the same there from.

3. A combined truck and elevator for handling beef quarters and the like comprising a track rail, a roller-equipped hanger removably mounted on the track rail a traveling truck, an elevator on the truck including a vertically adjustable head provided with a coupling bracket for releasably carrying the roller-equipped hanger, and means for operating the elevator to cause said bracket to deposit the hanger on a track rail or lift the same therefrom.

1. The structure defined in claim 3 in which the hanger is provided with a depending grapple and in which the coupling bracket is bifurcated, said coupling bracket being arranged to interlock with the hanger when on a track rail by a travelling movement of the truck to cause said grapple to enter the bifurcation in said bracket and to position the coupling bracket under the hanger and by a lifting movement of the elevator,

5. A combined truck and elevator for handling beef quarters and the like comprising a track rail, a roller-equipped hanger removably mounted on the track rail, a traveling truck, an elevator on the truck including a vertically adjustable frame and a vertically adjustable head on the frame having a coupling bracket for releasably carrying the roller-equipped hanger, and means for operating the elevator to cause said bracket to deposit the hanger on a track rail or lift the same therefrom.

6. A combined truck and elevator for handling beef quarters and the like comprising a track rail, a roller-equipped hanger removably mounted on the track rail, a traveling truck, an elevator on the truck including a pair of uprights and a vertically adjustable head on the uprights having a coupling bracket for releasably carrying the roller-equipped hanger, and means for operating the elevator to cause said bracket to deposit the hanger on a track rail or lift the same therefrom.

7. The structure defined in claim 6 in further combination with a pair of divider fingers on the uprights.

8. A combined truck and elevator for handling beef quarters and the like coma mast on the uprights, pulleys on the crossprising a track rail, a roller-equipped head and mast, a hoisting cable arranged to hanger removably mounted on the track 7 run over said pulleys, and a coupling rail, a traveling truck, an elevator on the bracket on the orosshead for releasably sup- 5 truck including a pair of uprights, a crossporting said hanger. v

head, guide rods supporting the crosshead 'In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. from the uprights for vertical adjustment, GEORGE A. LYNDALE. 

